Amid expansion, Caribbean laborers honored for paving the Panama Canal
By Shanna Collins From Vibe West Indians are being honored for their important role in shaping Panamanian history, as the South American country readies for the expansion of the Panama Canal. During the construction of this historic waterway, beginning in…
Secret world of tax havens
By JESSICA CHIA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Maximum security vaults packed with secrets and $7,000-a-night suites: A glimpse into the secretive world of 13 tax havens… and they really don’t want to let outsiders in. Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti traveled to…
Falklands’ representative at the Caribbean premier energy conference
From Merco Press The Falkland Islands’ government is attending the annual January 18/20 Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference sponsored by the Energy Chamber of the Caribbean country. Member of the Legislative Assembly Ian Hansen is representing FIG at what is…
Kingston lags in Caribbean transshipment race
By Greg Miller, From JOC When the expanded Panama Canal debuts, assumedly by mid-2016, not all Caribbean transshipment hubs will be in the same position to accommodate larger vessels, and none may be as disadvantaged as Kingston Container Terminal. Which…
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How massive canal projects threaten the Caribbean
From Worldcrunch With the Panama Canal set to expand and Nicaragua planning its own huge canal, the Caribbean is bracing for big shifts in shipping traffic. On the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, hard questions from both fishermen and…
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Things that matter: Our history, culture and the museum journal
By Sir Henry Fraser From Barbados Advocate “What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?” (C.L.R.James, famous Trinidadian intellectual and writer) In Beyond a boundary, that great book by C.L.R. James, which every West Indian should read, his…
The Bajan diaspora and the Panama men
By Henry S. Fraser From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sunday August 17, 2014 – The Barbados Network Consultation 2014, or the 3rd Diaspora Conference, has just ended, and has generated enormous interest and enthusiasm. It should make us think about our…
PERCEPTIONS: In Focus – Other China-Caribbean engagements
From Pinchina Consulting In Focus – Perceptions: Other China-Caribbean engagements This post is the third and final post in a series entitled, “Perceptions.” Previous posts have explored themes of skepticism and mistrust, on the part of Jamaican people, surrounding some…
